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Autumn Books

There is an old pond. When a frog jumps in He makes the water cry out. A sporting form John Bayley THE OXFORD BOOK OF SHORT POEMS chosen and edited by P. J• Kavanagh and James......

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Peter Quennell EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY: IMAGES OF VICTORIAN LIFE with a commentary by John Hadfield The Herbert Press, f10.95 V isiting the annual exhibition of mod- ern......